“For innovation to the tradition of octopus in O Carballino,” so reads the embedded plate in a figure of a pulpiera with the concello of O Carballino has honored the company Refrigerators Arcos, thus following the conclusion of tributes to all who brought new values ​​to the Festa do Pulpo and O Carballiño in general. The first two tributes were to Confectionery Cervino, who was serving 50 years in O Carballino at the same time as meeting the same year the Festa, and the second to “The bastoncito” first municipal operator who was responsible for keeping the Municipal Park, where Festa do Pulpo celebrates 52 years.
This year the organizers of the party wanted to pay tribute to a pulpeira company, one of the oldest in O Carballiño, and that at the same time is bringing innovation in the art of octopus cooking with its brand La Pulpeira. As explained by one of its owners, Daniel Atanes, “we managed to create the cooked octopus, vacuum packed, and with all its flavor, even enhanced as it is preserved in its own cooking juice.” Atanes counted that even renowned chefs like Berasategui have already been interested in this product.
For his part, Mayor of O Carballino recalled that the honorees are “a family dedicated to the octopus 4 generations, and have innovated to further spread this product from O Carballiño, which is magnified more carrying the mark the world capital of the Octopus”.